News (Media Awareness Project) - CN ON: Anti-Drug Lecture Comes Wrapped In A Hip-Hop Beat |
| Title: | CN ON: Anti-Drug Lecture Comes Wrapped In A Hip-Hop Beat |
| Published On: | 2008-10-07 |
| Source: | Windsor Star (CN ON) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-10-09 12:50:21 |
ANTI-DRUG LECTURE COMES WRAPPED IN A HIP-HOP BEAT
KINGSVILLE - It was a cocktail for teenagers even parents could
appreciate: equal parts rap, comedy and anti-drug.
Toronto performers Stuart Knight and Sean Hakim, from KnightFlight
Productions, entertained crowds Monday at Leamington District,
Cardinal Carter and Kingsville high schools to kick off Drug
Awareness Week at the schools.
Knight told almost 600 Kingsville students at Migration Hall that
peer pressure can act as a clamp around people, preventing them from
succeeding in life.
"That clamp we get from other people is nothing close to the clamp we
get around us when it comes to drugs," Knight said. "If drugs start
controlling our lives, it makes us talk a certain way, it makes us
walk a certain way, it might make us steal money from somebody so we
can buy drugs, it might make us fail at school or lose a job.
TRIALS OF DAILY LIFE
"That's a clamp we ask you to release right now."
Knight, 35, often spoke in rhyme while Hakim, 32, beat-boxed -- used
his voice to provide various rhythms through the microphone -- joking
about the trials of daily life. But always the energetic pair
provided a positive message.
They asked students to throw their fears into a pillow case,
performed a skit showing the differences between negative and
positive people, and generally clowned in the name of making wise choices.
The pair pointed out that everybody makes mistakes. It's what you do
about those mistakes that matter, they said.
"You're not a bad person if you've done drugs," Knight said. "You now
have a choice, though. From this day forward and for the rest of your
life, you can make a choice to no longer allow peer pressure to stop
you from becoming the person you're meant to be."
Justine Sutor, 14, a Grade 9 student at Kingsville who volunteered to
briefly dance in front of the audience -- as part of an exercise the
performers set up to encourage individuality -- liked the message.
"It was inspiring," she said of the show. "You should just be who you
are. It doesn't really matter what other people think."
KINGSVILLE - It was a cocktail for teenagers even parents could
appreciate: equal parts rap, comedy and anti-drug.
Toronto performers Stuart Knight and Sean Hakim, from KnightFlight
Productions, entertained crowds Monday at Leamington District,
Cardinal Carter and Kingsville high schools to kick off Drug
Awareness Week at the schools.
Knight told almost 600 Kingsville students at Migration Hall that
peer pressure can act as a clamp around people, preventing them from
succeeding in life.
"That clamp we get from other people is nothing close to the clamp we
get around us when it comes to drugs," Knight said. "If drugs start
controlling our lives, it makes us talk a certain way, it makes us
walk a certain way, it might make us steal money from somebody so we
can buy drugs, it might make us fail at school or lose a job.
TRIALS OF DAILY LIFE
"That's a clamp we ask you to release right now."
Knight, 35, often spoke in rhyme while Hakim, 32, beat-boxed -- used
his voice to provide various rhythms through the microphone -- joking
about the trials of daily life. But always the energetic pair
provided a positive message.
They asked students to throw their fears into a pillow case,
performed a skit showing the differences between negative and
positive people, and generally clowned in the name of making wise choices.
The pair pointed out that everybody makes mistakes. It's what you do
about those mistakes that matter, they said.
"You're not a bad person if you've done drugs," Knight said. "You now
have a choice, though. From this day forward and for the rest of your
life, you can make a choice to no longer allow peer pressure to stop
you from becoming the person you're meant to be."
Justine Sutor, 14, a Grade 9 student at Kingsville who volunteered to
briefly dance in front of the audience -- as part of an exercise the
performers set up to encourage individuality -- liked the message.
"It was inspiring," she said of the show. "You should just be who you
are. It doesn't really matter what other people think."
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